New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-14
Agricultural Paragraphs.

1t inside out. 1t Isl then washed
thoroughly in several waters; then
stepped twehty-tour hours in plenty
OF water, with two ounces OF carbon
ate Of soda or saleratus or u few
nandfuis OF fresh wood ashes in it.
This is to remove the ac:d. 1t is then
thoroughly washed, and finally boiled
until tender. 1t is then ready for the
final cooking. either by stewing with
milk and onions or with milk alone,
or by frying dipped in egg batter.
Much is said nowadays about feed.
ing this or that to produce flesh and
that corn makes too much fat and not
enough flesh. The analysis OF corn
shows that a grain possesses a better
proportion OF food elements for our eli
mate. Fat can be multiplied indefi-
nitely and stored away in all parts of
the body. Not so flesh; no amount
Of feeding OF any kind Of diet can mul.
tiply flesh. Flesh is a muscle. Mus
cles of course, need their proper sup.
port, but they are increased by exer-
else. II bacon is to have more flesh
the pig is to have more exercise. Quit
feeding him in close pens. Kill him
before he lays on go much fat.
The Cultivator thinks that when
the philosophy of cooked food for
stock is better understood the steam.
er will be more thought OF than ever,
but it will be used more for slightly
warming food and drink than for
cooking the same. In a large part of
our year drink is so low in tempera-
ture that stock, especially animals
giving milk, cannot take what they
should without injury. Chilling the
system with too cold food or water is
not healthful, any more than it would
De to have stock stand shivering and
unprotected in the storms of midwin-
ter.
One OF the advantages in keeping
sheep, ays an exchange, is that the
farmer who does it can at almost any
season have fresh meat for the table
when he likes. Next to poultry it is
the stand by for sudden emergencies
when there is not time, nor perhaps
the money, to buy fresh beef in the
city market. Farmers who keep
sheep can accommodate each other
by exchanging, so that each may have
half or quarter for use while it can
be kept fresh. With ice and a refrig-
orator in the cellar, meat may be
kept q week or more even in warm
weather. These are oll-fashioned
methods, but they are a part of the
farmers privileges, and happy are
those so situated that they can still
live up to them.
A correspondent OF the "Farm;
Stock and Home says he has known
rough board fence covered with one
coat of the foil swing excellent SUBJ
stitute for paint" tolook we'll five
years or longer without renewal; the
cement hardens but will not scale off
from an. unplaned surface OF wood:
''For one barrel: Half bushel white
lime, 3 pecks hydraulic cement. 10
lbs. umber, 10 lbs. ochre. i lb Nene-
Stian red, quarter-p pound ,lampblack.
Stake the lime, cut the lampblack with
vinegar; mix well together; add the ce-
ment and fill the barrel with, water.
Let stand twelve hours, before using
and stir frequently while putting on.
This is of a light stony color, without
the unpleasant glare ofwhite: The
color may be changed by adding more
or.less of the colors named, or; other
colors.
Mr.. w. e. Clarke says that the long
er he lives the more he is s.dpwn. on
the credit system, especially for farm
ers;" and he quotes in The Rural
Canadian two witnesses against the
evil OF debt: ''John Randolph, oi
Virginia. once explained when making
"a speech in the Legislature OF his
State: have found the philosopher $
stone which turns everything into
gold. Il is, pay as you go. A friend
never buys anything OF q travelling
agent. II he wants a farm implement
| he goes right to this. manufaesurel
with cash IN hand and gets it at the
lowest rate. I wish every farmer
would act on this principle and that
we might get rid Of the army OF agents
which cost the agricuh hural lconamanity
SO much needless expense"
How % Make an lcehcuee.
! Where sawdust is not procurable
some other packing may be snbstitut.
ed for an icehouse. Straw finely Gu,
into chat or wheat chaff, which i
4 better, will answer as q substitute
4 but it it must be dry. The hous,
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